Stock-quotation-projecting machine



Dec. 3, 1929. B. A. PROCTOR 1,733,313

STOCK QUOTATION PROJECTING MACHINE Filed July 18, 1925 3 Sheets-sheaf l INVENTOR Bar/0n A. Pr'oczw".

ATTORNEY Dec. 3, 1929,. B. A. PROCTOR 1,738,313

STOCK QUOTATION PROJEC TING MACHINE Filed July 18, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 EFL?" ENTOR 45 5: Barrier: A. Fractal".

ATTORNEY sZJ/ZWKDAM Dec. 3, 1929. PROCTOR 1,738,313

STOCK QUOTATION PROJECTING MACHINE Filed July 18, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR flar'on A. Proazal? ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BARTON A. PBOCTOR, OF NEW YORK, N, Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AssIGNMENTs, TO

NEWS PROJECTION CORPORATION, YORK Application filed July 18,

This invention relates in general to machines for projecting an elongated display,

and more especially to machines for projecting stock quotations.

Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed toprovide a machine in which the screen may be remotely spaced from the projecting machine. To this end, it is a further object to provide, at a distance removed from the projecting machine, an enclosed case having a deflecting surface therein to receive the projected display, and a screen to receive the projected display from said deflecting surface.

It is a still further object of the present invention to provide an improved mechanism whereby a display may be projected without reducing the light in the room in which the display is projected, and thus facilitate the production of a clearly visible, projected dis-- play in a lighted room or even outdoors.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus whereby the projection of an elongated display may readily be increased in length and size in a small room, without reconstruction of the apparatus.

'The present invention also contemplates the provision of an air cooled lamp chamber particularly adapted for use with. stock quotation projecting machines.

The present invention still further contemplates a projecting machine for stock quotations in which the ticker mechanism may be located to one side of the lamp chamber and a minimum length of ticker tape exposed to the heat of the lamp chamber, thus to protect the ticker mechanism and tape from the heat of the lamp chamber, and whereby in addition thereto the characters on the stock strip may be presented to the projected light rays immediately that they are printed, and thus permit reading the images of such characters, as quickly as the characters are printed and as quickly as otherwise read from the tape itself. I

The present invention also contemplates the rovision of a stock quotation projecting mac inc and screen in which the stock ticker, projecting machine and screen are all located OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONOF NEW STOCK-QUOTATION-PROZTEGTING MACHINE 1925. Serial No. 44,447.

in the same room and yet a maximum amount of the floor space conserved for the use of the occupants of the room without interfering wlth the projecting mechanism. To this end, the present invention contemplates the prov1s1on of a screen located against a side wall and adjacent to the ceiling, whereby the distance between the floor and the ceilinig will be utilized for enlarging the View relative to the objective lens. To this end, the in- I vention still further contemplates the location of the projecting machine along one side of the wall, and a deflecting mirror to receive the image to be displayed and to deflect it to another mirror in a screen housing located near the ceiling, all located adjacent to said.

one side of the wall, whereby merely a portion of the wall space of the room may be used, and yet the display of the images not in any way impaired.

The present invention also contemplates an improved structure for projecting machines having a minimum number of parts that can be produced at low cost, and that will operate with a maximum efiiciency.

These and'other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will appear from the subjoined detail description of certain embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of one embodiment of the complete machine.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental section on the line- 3-=3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the screen housing.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan showing one part of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1 including the projecting machine.

Fig. 6 isa longitudinal section of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a fragmental section showing another embodiment of an air-cooled attachment.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view of a third modification in which the initial deflecting mirror is removably mounted relative to the element containing the projecting machine proper.

taining housing 3, and in alignment there--- with an elongated housing 4. On the lamp containing housing 3 there is located a standard stock quotation ticker 5. As shown in Fig. 5, access to the interior of the housing 3 may be gained through the door 6 and access ,to the interior of the housing 4 by means of the door 7. The bottom of the housing 3, see Fig. 6, is open to permit air there to enter, and the upper rear end of the housing 3 is provided with an opening 8, the upper wall 9 of the housing being provided with a downwardly bent plate 10 to extend into the trough formed by the rearwardly and upwardly bent plate portion 11 of the rear wallmember 12 of the'housing 3. These opposingly extended plate portions 10 and 11 cooperate to prevent the passage of light through the opening'8 and at the same time to permit the formation of an upper outlet for the escape of the air heated, in the housing 3.

To the wall 12 there is secured a bracket 13 near the rear end of which there is supported an ordinary reflector 14, and in front thereof a standard projecting lamp 15.

The front wall 16 of the housing 3 is provided with an opening 17, a suitable plate 18 being secured to'the outer face of the front wall and provided with an elongated slot 19. In this modification, see Fig. 3, the slot 19 extends vertically. To the rear face of the wall 16, there are secured the usual lano-convex condensing lenses 20, 20 to receive the light from the lamp 15 and its reflector 14 and permit it to pass through the opening 19.

As shown in Fig.5, a portion of the top wall between the housings 3 and 4 is cut away to form the opening 21 for the passage of the tape T from the ticker 5 to, and across, the opening 19. For convenience of construction, the opening 21 continues down between the aligned door members 6 and 7, see Figs. 5 and 6, and continues into the opening 22 between the rear portion 23 of the base 32 of the housing 4 and the front wall member 16 of the housing 3.

In front of the combined opening 21, 22,

in the housing 4, there is formed the wall member 24 having the opening 25 in alignment with the opening 17 of the wall member 16. The front wall member 26 of the housing 4 is preferably provided with an enlarged opening 27. In this modification, see Fig. 6, the opening 27 is closed by a suitable cover a member 28.

The top wallmember 29 of the housing 4 has, adjacent to the front wall 26, an enlarged opening 30, which in the present instance is provided with a suitable border frame 31.

In the housing 4, adjacent to the wall member 24 and on the base 32 resting on the platform 1, there is secured the bracket 33, in which is slidably secured the standard 34 on which is mounted a suitable objective lens housing 35 containing the usual objective lenses 36, the lenses 36 aligning with the openings 25 and 17 and receiving the light rays from the condensing lenses 20, 20, and the image or images of thequotation and the like on the ticker tape T. The ticker tape in the present instance is preferably composed of a transparent material such as ordinary film stock or translucent material such as celluloid, cellophane or the like.

Adjacent to the front wall 26 and on the base 32, there is secured the bracket 37 in which is slidably secured the pedestal 38. In order to adjust the pedestal 38 at the proper elevation, the adjusting screw I 39 in the bracket 37 is provided. At the upper end of the pedestal 38, there is secured a second bracket 40 which can be adjusted in a rotatable direction and secured in place by the adjusting screw 41.

The bracket 40, in the present instance, is provided with an upright portion 42 extending vertically to the horizontal portion 43. From the upright portion 42, there extends laterally the angle plate 44 which has, pivotally connected to its free end above the horizontal portion 43, the arm 45 of the mirror support 46 which supports the mirror 47. By means of the aforesaid vertical, rotatable and tiltable adjustment provided for the pedestal 38, bracket 40 and mirror support 46, respectively, and the vertical adjustment provided for the pedestal 34, the mirror 47 and objective lens housing 35 can be readily adjusted to direct the image produced to the mirror 47 at whatever angle desired.

From the mirror 47, it is aimed to project the images produced through the opening 30 to the mirror 48 of the screen housing 49, see Fig. 2. I

The screen housing 49 consists essentially of a mirror support 50 for the mirror 48 which support is referably hinged" at 51 as particularly in icated in Fig. 4 to the screen supporting frame 52. To the screen supporting frame 52 there is secured the image receiving. screen 53 preferably composed of a suitable translucent material such as glazed paper, fabric and the like.

. In order to prevent the dissipation of the light rays, and image producing rays defleeted by the mirror 47, and to shut out ex: traneous light rays, and thus facilitate the mirror 48 in clearly receiving the image producing rays and deflecting them to the screen 49, the closed housing'formed by the screen housin 48 has been provided. To form a closed ousing with t e mirror support 50 and screen supporting frame 52, triangular side wall members 54 are provided, seeFigs. 2 and 4. One such member 54 is secured at each end of the housing 49 and is provided with hooks 55, to engage the eyes 56, 56,

formed in the edges of the screen supporting frame 52 and mirror support 50. As clearly shown in Fig. 4 the mirror support 50 is longer than the screen supporting frame 52, the mirror support being substantially the hypotenuse of the triangle formed when the support 50 and frame 52 are in operative position, and the frame 52 being substantially the leg of the triangle so formed. lVhen the screen housing is not-in use, or packed for shipment, the members 54 will of course be removed and the support 50 folded against the frame 52 into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4.

When the housing 49 is in use, it is preferably supported at a distance removed from the floor of the room occupied. In the presentinstance, suitable brackets 58 are illustrated as secured to the side wall of a room. The housing 49 need not be secured to such brackets 58 but merely reston thesatne, since the housing will generally be spaced out of reach of the occupants of the room and thus there will be little likelihood of meddlers tampering with the same.

By means of the embodiment just described. light rays from the lamp 15 and reflector 14 will pass through the condensing lenses 20. 20 to the tape T, and the image of the characters. quotations or the like on the tape T passed through the objective lenses 36. 36 to the mirror 47 and from there deflected through the opening 30 to the mirror 48 which mirror 48 will in turn deflect the image to the screen 53. By thus spacing the mirrors 47 and screen housing 49 from the lamp housing 3, they will, of course. be protected from the heat generated in the lamp housing 3. On the other hand, by remotely spacing the mirror 48 and of course, also the screen housing 49 from the mirror 47, the

. projected image can be readily enlarged to Cal the size desired without reconstruction of the several elements of the apparatus.

With theembodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6. the several elements of the projecting apparatus can be disposed adjacent to a wall of the room and not interfere in any way with the occupants in any other part of the room.

In other words, theprojecting machine proper on which the ticker is mounted, may be clisposed adjacent to the'wall of the room and project the images of the characters from the ticker tape to the mirror 47 in a horizontal line parallel to the wall adjacent to which the frame A is located, and then from the mirror 47 the images may be deflected to the mirror 48 in the screen housing, in a vertical direction again parallel to the wall adjacent to which the frame A is located.

For taking up the tape T as it is being fed past the opening 19, there is provided the friction driven spool 59 which is mounted on the shaft 60 journaled in the support 61. The support 61 is secured to the platform 2. To the shaft 60, there is secured the friction wheel 62 which engages the friction wheel 63 fixed on the shaft 64 which is journaled in the support 65 secured to the platform 2. To the shaft 64. there is fixed the worm wheel 66 which is in mesh with the'worm 67 on the shaft 68 of the motor 69. Thus the motor 69 will drive the shaft 68 in turn to drive the friction wheels 63 and 62 to rotate the spool 59 in turn to take up the tape T as it is being fed thereto.

On the shaft 68, see Fig. 3, there is mounted a rotary fan 70 which sucks air in through the annular opening 71 in the side of the fan housing 72 and directs it up through the funnel 73 into the lamp chamber 3, thereby to force the heated air in said chamber up and out through the opening 10 at the upper end thereof.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 7, the funnel 73 is provided with an auxiliar funnel member 74 which directs the air up to the opening 19 and to the condensing lenses 20, 20. thereby to insure the cooling of the tape T and of the lenses 20, 20, the remaining part of the funnel 73 being free to direct the air up through the rest of the chamber 3.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 8,

the cover plate 28 is removed from the opening 27, and the mirror supporting bracket 37 and appurtenant parts also removed. The mirror supporting bracket 37 and appurtenant parts in this modification are set up on a frame B independent of the frame A and movable relative thereto. In the present instance the frame B consists essentially of a platform 75 on which the housing 76 is mounted and in which housing the bracket 37 and appurtenant parts are mounted. The housing 76 has an opening 77 at one side to receive the image producing rays from the objective lenses 36', 36, and an opening 78 similar to the opening 30 of the frame A through which the image producing rays may pass to the screen housing 49.

Then mounting the mirror 57 in such frame B removable relative to the frame A, the projected image can be still further enlarged to the degree desired by merely spacing the frame B a greater or less distance relative to the frame A. without reconstructgeneral s irit of the invention set forth in the appende claims. .s

I claim '1. The combination with a strip composed of translucent material having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving projecting lens, a source of light for (projecting light rays through said strip an said imagercceiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting surface-to receive the images from said lens, a second image deflecting surface separated and spaced from said initial deflecting surface to receive the images from said initial image deflecting surface, and an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second image deflecting surface, the plane of said strip beingperpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane that is perpendicular to the plane of said initial deflecting surface and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second deflecting surface.

2. The combination with a transparent strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving lens, a source of light projecting light rays through said strip and saidimage receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting surface disposed at an oblique angle to said source of light and receiving images from said lens, a second image deflecting surface separated and spaced from said initial deflecting surface, and an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second deflecting. surface, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial deflecting surface and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second deflecting surface.

3. The combination with a transparent strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an imagereceiving lens, a source of light projecting light rays through said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting surface disposed at an oblique angle to said source of light and receiving images from said lens, a screen housing, a second deflecting surface in said screen housing, there being an opening in said screen housing to permit the light rays from the initial deflecting surface to project the images to said second deflecting surface, and a screen disposed at an oblique angle to said second deflecting surface to receive the images from said initial image deflecting surface, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen forming one of the walls of said housing and located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial deflecting surface and disposed at an angle to said second deflecting surface.

4:. The combination with a transparent strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving lens, a source of light projecting light rays through said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting surface disposed at an oblique angle to said source of light and receiving images from said lens, a second deflecting surface to receive the light rays from the initial deflecting surface, and a screen disposed at an oblique angle to said second deflecting surface to receive the images from said initial image deflecting surface, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial deflecting surface and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second deflecting surface.

5. The combination with a screen spaced from the floor of a room and disposed adjacent to the ceiling thereof, of an upper deflecting mirror adjacent to said screen and the floor of the room for receiving images and deflecting them to said upper deflecting mirror,-a transparent tape having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, the plane of the tape being perpendicular to the plane of the upper deflecting mirror and at an angle to the lower deflecting mirror, and a projecting machine for projecting images of the characters on said tape to said lower deflecting mirror.

6. The combination with a screen spaced from the floor of a room and disposed adjacent to the ceiling thereof, of an upper dcflecting mirror adjacent to said screen and disposed at an angle thereto to receive images and deflect them to said screen, a lower deflecting mirror located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said screen and near the floor of the room for receiving images and deflecting them to said upper deflecting mirror, a projecting machine having a light ray projecting opening, a ticker tape and a ticker supported on said projecting machine for printing reading matter lengthwise on the tape and feeding the tape downwardly in a vertical direction past said light rays projecting opening, said projecting machine projecting images of the printed matter on said tape to the lower deflecting mirror, the plane of said tape being perpendicular to the plane of said screen.

7. The combination with a ticker strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving lens,

a source of light projecting light rays to said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting mirror, means for adjusting the location of said initial mirror in a vertical direction. a second image deflecting mirror separated and spaced from said initial deflecting mirror to receive the images from said inital deflecting mirror. and an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second image'deflecting mirror, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial deflecting mirror and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second deflecting mirror.

8. The combination with a ticker strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip. of an image receiving lens. a source of light projecting light rays to said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting mirror. means for adjusting the location of said initial mirror in a rotatable direction about a vertical axis. a second image deflecting mirror separated and spaced from said initial deflecting mirror to receive the images from said initial deflecting mirrorpand an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second image deflecting mirror, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen. and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial mirror and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second mirror. i

9. The combination with a ticker strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving lens.

a source of light projecting light rays to said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting mirror, means for adjusting the location of said initial mirror-in a tiltable direction about a horizontal axis, a second image deflecting mirror separated and spaced from said initial deflecting mirror to receive the images from said initial deflecting mirror, and an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second image deflecting mirror, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen. and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial mirror and disposed atan angle to the plane of said second mirror.

10. The combination with a ticker strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the Strip, of an image receiving lens, a source of light projecting light rays to said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting mirror, means for adjusting the location of said initial mirror in a vertical direction, in a rotatable direction about a vertical axis, and in a. tiltable direction about ahorizontal axis, a second image deflecting mirror separated and spaced from said initial deflecting mirror to receive theimages from said initial deflecting mirror, and an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second image deflecting mirror, the plane of-said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial mirror and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second mirror.

11. The combination with a ticker strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving lens, asource of light projecting light rays to said strip and said image receiving lens to project images of the characters on said strip to said lens, an initial image deflecting mirror, means for adjusting. the location of the lens in a vertical direction, adjusting means for determining'the location of the initial mirror in a vertical direction, a second image deflecting mirror separated and spaced from said initial deflecting mirror to receive the images from said initial deflecting mirror, and an image receiving screen to receive the images from said second image deflecting mirror, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said initial mirror and disposed at an angle to the plane of said second mirror.

12. The combination with a housing having a source of light rays, of a ticker tape, a ticker mounted on said housing for printing characters on said tape to read lengthwise thereof and feed said tape down vertically past said light rays, an image receiving lens receiving the images of the characters on said tape produced by said rays, an initial mirror for receiving said images from said image receiving lens in a horizontal direction, a second mirror disposed above and at an angle to said initial mirror for receiving and re-arranging the images from said initial mirror in a horizontal row, and a screen for receiving the images from said second mirror in a horizontal row and in an upright position, the plane of said tape being perpendicular to the plane of said screen.

13. The combination with a housing having a source of light rays, of a ticker tape, a tickenmounted on said housing for printing characters on said tape to read lengthwise thereof and feed said tape down vertically past said light rays, an image receiving lens receiving the images of the characters on said tape produced by said rays, an initial mirror for receiving said images from said image receiving lens in a horizontal direction, a second mirror disposed above and at an angle to said initial mirror for receiving and rearranging the images from said initial IIllII'OI 1n a horizontal row, and an elongated screen for receiving the images from sald second mirror in an upright position and while moving lengthwise of the screen, the plane of said tape being perpendicular to the plane of said screen.

14. The combination with a strip having characters thereon reading lengthwise of the strip, of an image receiving lens, a source of light for projecting images of the characters on said strip to said image receiving lens, a lower image deflecting mirror to receive the images from said lens, and a screen housing separated from and disposed above said lower mirror, said screen housing embracing an upper mirror and a screen, the upper mirror receiving the images from said lower mirror and projectin them to the screen, the plane of said strip being perpendicular to the plane of said screen, and said screen located in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said lower mirror and disposed at an angle to the plane of said upper mirror.

15. In astock quotation projecting machine, the combination with a ticker tape having characters printed thereonreading lengthwise of the tape, of means for feeding the tape vertically downward with the printed face in advance, a lens, means for projecting the images of said characters to said lens in a vertical row, the lens inverting the images upside down, an initial mirror for receiving the images from said lens arranged in a vertical row and further inverting the images relative to the inversion formed by the lens, so that the images will appear as shown upside down and also from the rear, and a second mirror disposed at an angle to said initial mirror for receiving the images from the first mirror and again righting the images to their normal readable order in a horizon- P tal row, the plane of said tape being perpendicular to the plane of said second mirror.

16. In a stock quotation projecting machine, the combination With a ticker tape l1aving characters printed thereon reading lengthwise of the tape, of means forfeeding the tape vertically downward with the printed face in advance, a lens, means for projecting the images of said characters arranged in a vertical row to said lens, the lens inverting the images upside down, an initial mirror for I receiving the images from said lens arranged in a vertical row and further inverting the images relative to the inversion formed by the lens, so that the images will appear as shown upside down and also from the rear, a second mirror disposed at an angle to said initial mirror forv receiving the images from the first mirror and again righting the images to their normal readable order in a horizontal row, and a screen disposed at an angle to said second mirror, for receiving the righted im ages from said second mirror in a horizontal row, the plane of said screen being perpendicular to the plane of said tape.

17. In a stock quotation projecting machine, the combination with a vertically extending ticker tape having characters printed thereon reading lengthwise and downwardly of the tape, of a lens, means for projecting the images of said characters to said lens in a horizontal direction, an initial mirror for receiving the images from said lens and defleeting the images upwardly, and a second mirror for receiving the images from the first mirror, said second mirror being perpendicular to a plane that is perpendicular to a second plane that is perpendicular to said initial mirror.

18. In a stock quotation projecting machine, the combination with a vertically extending ticker tape having characters printed thereon reading lengthwise and downwardly of the tape, of a lens, means for projecting the images of said characters to said lens in a horizontal direction, an initial mirror for receiving the images from said lens and deflecting the images upwardly, a second mirror for receiving the images from the first mirror, said second mirror being perpendicular to a plane that is perpendicular to a second plane that is perpendicular to said initial mirror, and a screen disposed at an angle to said second mirror and perpendicular to a plane that is perpendicular to said second mirror.

' BARTON A. PROCTOR. 

